They accept that there was a mechanical problem with thei their navigation system. This is the kind of thing that could have escalated but secretary of state john kerry said it shows diplomacy in action. Thats right, and not only did john kerry say that it was diplomacy in action, according to senior officials, he talked with his counterpart, Iranian Foreign minister five times on tuesday to resolve this crisis. There had been a lot of belligerent talk coming from the semi official iranian media suggesting that the ten u. S. Sailors may have been up to no good, maybe to spy on military operations on farsi island which is where they ended up when they were taken into custody by iranian authorities. But the u. S. Said repeatedly no, this was a mechanical problem with one of the two rivering patrol boats that the crew was sailing from kuwait to the fifth fleet, and the finally the iranians agreed that this was the situation that didnt need to be escalated, and so they turned over the ten
His campaign saying about his story, maybe the words were inaccurate, but they maintain he was told he would gain acceptance. Tonight, we asked west point how the process works. Heres tom llamas on the explanation, and also donald trump, who pounced on this quickly. Reporter tonight, dr. Ben carson forced to explain himself after accusations part of his story dont add up. Carson has repeatedly said he was offered a scholarship to west point. As recently as a month ago on pbs. I was offer a full scholarship to west point, got to meet general westmoreland and go to congressional medal of honor dinners. Reporter the west point scholarship was something he wrote about in his books. Carsons campaign confirming tonight to abc news that not only was he never admitted to west point, he never even applied. And about that scholarship . Telling us, maybe the words are ininaccurate but that as a top rotc student in detroit carson was totold he would gain acceptance by west point officials, and tha
Of your teeth. I know. Right . Good morning on this sunday. Im adam tuss. And im angie goff. I hope you had great halloween. We kick off november to a busy start. As adam said. We do want to pass along a real quick note here. A traffic alert. B. W. Parkway has reopened after a fourcar crash. At least one persons injuries are serious, were told. Well continue to update you throughout the morning. Lets get a check of your sunday forecast on this nosh 1st. Storm team 4s tom cure rinkk with us. We have a new time as well. If you set your clock back one hour, it should correctly say 6 01 right now, not 7 01. So were back to Eastern Standard Time this morning and some rain is showing up on the storm team 4 radar right now thats moving in from with west, heading out of the east into the Shenandoah Valley. This little green is light rain across Northern Virginia. A few sprinkles. But the bulk of the rain now passing down 95 to springfield to fredericksburg and into culpeper, rappahannock and t
Marquardt. Reporter the charred debris scattered over eight square miles across the barren and hilly desert. The russian investigators on the scene inspected the wreckage. The plane split in two. A Russian Aviation official said the airbus broke up in midair. But why . There are few answers. The metro jet flight took off just before 6 00 a. M. On saturday, from Sharm El Sheik to st. Petersburg. Families posting fin pictures b they took off, inclooed youing this father and daughter as they boarded the plane. Climbed steadily to 31,0 feet before it starteded to quickly lose altitude and 23 minutes after takeoff, it dippeared from radar. Looking at the tail section sitting alone in the desert is verytelling. If that came off first, the question is was it a bomb or structural failure. Reporter the isislinked group in the sinai quickly claimed responsibility but intelligence Officials Say they dont have the missiles that could take out a plane that high. Egypt says nos distress call from th
Some held a religious service in and area near the crash site. Egyptian Officials Say yemen is in the planning stages. Egypt and saudi arabia want to send in troops. It is expected to get the ok of the arab league tomorrow. Fighting is turning into a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. Yemens president is taking refuge in saudi arabia. The senate pulls on all minor and pushes at budget plan through. Passing the plan around 3 30 a. M. The republican deficit cutting plan was passed on a partyline vote. The plan would cut benefit programs and repeal obamacare. What is sure to be a long battle between congress and president obama. Questions about an explosion that destroyed a manhattan Apartment Building an injured 19 people. The blast brought down the building and nearly wrecked another. Faulty work may be to blame. Utility inspectors decided the plumbing and gas was deficient. New yorks mayor says no one is missing but one mans family says they havent seen him since he was dining ne